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MeSH Heading: Leukemia, Hairy Cell
Tree Number(s): C04.557.337.415; C15.378.508.415; C15.604.515.553; C20.683.515.517
Unique ID: D007943
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007943
Annotation: since the disease is chronic, do not coordinate with CHRONIC DISEASE; note entry term RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS, LEUKEMIC;: RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS, AVIAN is also available
Scope Note: A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of hairy or flagellated cells in the blood and bone marrow.
Entry Term(s): Hairy Cell Leukemia; Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis; Reticuloendotheliosis, Leukemic
NLM Classification #: WH 250
Previous Indexing: Leukemia (1966-1977); Reticuloendotheliosis (1966-1977); Spleen/pathology (1966-1977); Splenomegaly (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/27
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012387
Scope Note: A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of hairy or flagellated cells in the blood and bone marrow.
Terms: Leukemia, Hairy Cell Preferred Term
Term UI T023656
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Hairy Cell Leukemia
Term UI T023655
Date04/26/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis
Term UI T023657
Date04/26/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Reticuloendotheliosis, Leukemic
Term UI T023658
Date04/26/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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